dream fairy
10-13-2010, 03:10 PM
This is a photo of a McDonald's Happy Meal that, after being left sitting in a living room for 180 days, looks almost exactly the same as the freshly bought product.
American artist Sally Davies photographed the Happy Meal every day for about six months, documenting the changes that she expected to occur.
Only, there don't seem to be many changes at all. No evidence of mould. No decomposition.
She decided to embark on the unusual photography idea after reading that a school teacher had kept a burger which failed to decompose for 12 years and used it in her classroom as an example to students. She planned to photograph the decomposing burger every day to monitor the progress, expecting it to rot within a few days.
But she discovered little difference between the photographs from day one through to day 180.
http://images.watoday.com.au/2010/10/13/1983010/burgerday1-420x0.jpg
http://images.watoday.com.au/2010/10/13/1983013/burger1-420x0.jpg
American artist Sally Davies photographed the Happy Meal every day for about six months, documenting the changes that she expected to occur.
Only, there don't seem to be many changes at all. No evidence of mould. No decomposition.
She decided to embark on the unusual photography idea after reading that a school teacher had kept a burger which failed to decompose for 12 years and used it in her classroom as an example to students. She planned to photograph the decomposing burger every day to monitor the progress, expecting it to rot within a few days.
But she discovered little difference between the photographs from day one through to day 180.
http://images.watoday.com.au/2010/10/13/1983010/burgerday1-420x0.jpg
http://images.watoday.com.au/2010/10/13/1983013/burger1-420x0.jpg